England beat Sweden on penalties
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England came back from a 2-0 deficit to take Sweden to penalties and seal their place in the Euro 2025 semifinals, but they did it by virtue of one of the strangest, and longest, penalty shootouts ever.
The England news conference has wrapped up and the Lionesses are going through their final preparations before facing Sweden for a place in the semi-finals of Euro 2025.
England started badly vs. Sweden, turned things around in 103 second-half seconds, won a penalty shootout which saw nine misses to progress to the Euro 2025 semifinals.
England head coach Sarina Wiegman was thrilled with her team’s togetherness and fight after they came from two goals down to eventually defeat Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in their UEFA Women’s
Aygemang was at the heart of the comeback, the teenager causing chaos with her movement and power. Her run down the right almost gave England a winner right at the death, but Alessia Russo’s shot was saved.
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